NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction. As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil. This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.

We didn’t fight against fascism, racism, and tyranny only to pretend the symbols tied to that history are less harmful now. Thankfully this has been walked back, because this was the opposite of what our country needs. Our standards must be ever higher. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

(1/9) The CG and Hate Symbols: What We Know So Far (a thread). Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.

Examples include: 🔸️Targeting civilians intentionally 🔸️Torturing prisoners of war 🔸️Looting or pillaging property 🔸️A commanding officer orders personnel to suppress lawful protests in violation of First Amendment rights 🔸️Violations of International Laws

Soooo we got some of the expectations for SSA Field Offices(FO) today for FY26, and now I’m drinking tonight, so before I dive into that, let’s talk about what Frankie FiServ and his merry band of vile miscreants that run SSA are expecting of their employees this year 😐😐😐😐

Speaker Johnson said it was the Dems who were acting “wildly inappropriate” by suggesting military members should disobey unlawful orders. Rephrased, Trump & Johnson are saying that troops must obey unlawful orders. Unlawful orders. "Do the illegal thing I'm ordering you to do." girightshotline.org

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Great thread on today's delayed September #JobsReport from @aaronsojourner.org. Keep in mind the number may be revised downward in coming months. We are grateful to our colleagues at BLS who are doing the best they can to produce quality data under extremely challenging circumstances.

We know this admin’s SOP is projection. With this, yet again, they’re confessing.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

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More changes are afoot at the NIH, and not in a good way. There are several new notices (NOTs) out. Here’s a big one: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

It’s not your job to defend them. If their name is in the files then they are welcome to provide explanations or defense of their own character. And also, those “innocent people” are not more important than the survivors and justice. Starting to think Mikey is in the files. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly— I hope midterms are a referendum

FYI- @siembranc.bsky.social launched an app to assist with locating and avoiding ICE. Info from local news source below.

With ICE activity ramping up across the country, it is helpful to include as much info as possible when sharing within your community. S.A.L.U.T.E. ​Size/Strength ​Actions/Activity ​Location & Direction ​Uniform/Clothes ​Time & Date of Observation ​Equipment & Weapons #SALUTEICE 🖕

Defend and protect our neighbors in NC. Info below.

We can confirm reports that Customs and Border Patrol will be expanding their operation to the Raleigh area as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18th. Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.

In today's what-timeline-are-we-in news, several Republicans broke ranks and signed a discharge petition that will force a House floor vote on a bill to restore collective bargaining rights for federal employees. This is a big deal. The cracks are showing.

ICEstapo detained 81 people in Charlotte, NC yesterday. The internet is littered with videos of them using excessive force and ignoring legal documentation provided by the detainees. Here’s my advice for ICEstapo: Take a night off. Go to the movies. Watch “Nuremberg”. Your time is coming.

Today was Day Two of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. Members of our Safe to Work community patrols hit the streets early this morning and observed federal agents preparing to spend their day questioning grocery shoppers.

Over the weekend, Charlotte NC had ICE-y conditions. It appears as though Asheville NC is also on the list. Buncombe County Democrats have compiled some helpful links & info should one encounter these frozen fools. Coming to a city near you. Pay attention.

We should probably look into law enforcement personnel having badges, badge numbers, uniforms etc. I know that seems cutting edge but in 1871, we have to think outside the box.

Republicans: “Trump will be the peace President” Trump:

Today, we're giving out the Certificate of Being A Weenie award to a few folks on Capitol Hill. Follow along and (do not) congratulate the (self) preservative filled winners of this major award.

OPINION: "As our nation grows bolder in its efforts to erase Black history, culture and heroes—especially within institutions like the U.S. military—we must ask a painful but necessary question: Why are we still encouraging our children to serve a country that refuses to serve them?" Small writes.

The newly released Epstein files can be found here. You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.

Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files: The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN. As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape. Words matter. Get them right.

FUCK YOU SEAN! JUST FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF. To question the patriotism of hard working Federal Employees is just so fucked up. They worked without pay!!! Sean "real world" Duffy, can just fuck all the way off! #GOP

“The Pew Research Center estimates that veterans make up nearly a quarter of the federal government’s civilian workforce. In other words, disrespecting the federal workforce is disrespecting veterans. And it’s been happening a lot lately.” federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2...

Not being cowards and caving every single fucking time would help. Conviction would help. Talking to us like people, rather than zoo animals would help.

#AltVet storytime. It’s Veterans Day so I thought I would celebrate by talking about my favorite veteran, my grandpa. He was a WWII era Navy veteran, in a unit we would now call the Seabees, but at that point were called the Construction Battalions (CBs is where we get the Seabees moniker). 1/?

#altgov Please spread the word. ALL ByHeart formulas are now recalled! Let's help all the mama's out there hear about this. @altfda.altgov.info @altcdc.altgov.info

🇺🇸 This #Veterans Day, honor our vets by sharing the facts. For many veterans, service doesn’t end when they come home. Veterans make up nearly 1 in 4 federal employees, and 15% of the National Park Service. The federal government is the largest employer of veterans in the country. #VeteransDay #NPS

Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture. If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:

If you’re wondering, this is exactly how we federal workers feel We’ve been fighting for this country since Jan 20th. Leadership needs to fight too "We went into this shutdown knowing we would suffer but it would be worth it for the country. This deal is a slap in the face to every federal worker"

Thousands of veterans in every state use SNAP to supplement their low income to put food on the table for themselves and their families. More from our friends at @centeronbudget.bsky.social

Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU. YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.

Karoline Leavitt does almost daily press briefings. There should be equal and opposite briefings from Democrat spokespeople to counter her lies. God knows there would be plenty of material to counter.

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

The “deal” negotiated in the Senate puts a vote on healthcare AFTER the open enrollment deadline to be covered in January. This is NOT a good deal and should absolutely not pass the House.

Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.

Employees at the National Cemetery Administration got an email this morning from Under Secretary Samuel Brown that said “as we enter our first period” without pay. Apparently he didn’t realize they have missed two FULL pay checks and 1 partial pay check. Out of touch fascist. 🤬

From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president. The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.

The “best deal” you can make with the devil, is still a deal you make with the devil. Goodnight. 👺